Russell Wilson v. Colin Kaepernick: Loser to shave off eyebrow

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We thought this coming Sunday’s contest between the division-rival Seahawks and 49ers would be intense — but never this intense. Sure, there are NFC West dominance, fan bragging rights, postseason home-field advantage and a path to the Super Bowl all on the line, but, stop the presses … now eyebrows are involved.

Russell Wilson scrambles against the 49ers in the Seahawks’ 42-13 blowout last season on Dec. 23, 2012, at CenturyLink Field. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick have made a wager that whoever loses on Sunday has to shave off one of his eyebrows.

The bet came to light Tuesday when EA Sports posted a video to YouTube showing an “outtake” from Wilson’s and Kaepernick’s commercial shoot for the video game “Madden 25.” It was a simple wager (see video below):

“Big game on Sunday,” Kaepernick says.

“Yup,” Wilson says. “You know what we should do? Whoever loses has to shave an eyebrow.”

“Alright,” Kaepernick says as they shake hands. “Hope you don’t like your eyebrow.”

We’ll see Sunday which team — both at or near the top of most NFL power rankings — is able to assert itself as the divisional juggernaut. But, more importantly, we’ll see which quarterback takes a real blow to the brow.

Editor’s note: We’re pretty sure this won’t actually happen. If anything, we’re probably looking at a future “Madden” commercial in which one of them has only one eyebrow, digitally removed.